🧙Witch day did I ovulate?!🧙

[Peachycream]

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@glasspaw - I wasn’t sure if you’d want to come over to our new thread lovely but I thought I’d tag you just incase

I’ve tried to remember everyone! If you notice someone I’ve missed tag them in

Group of 30 somethings TTC baby number 1!
New recruits welcome, nothing is off limits! Trust me 😂

Hey @glasspaw! How are you feeling? Do you have any symptoms yet?

That journal sounds like a great idea if it’s going to help you relax a bit. It’ll be nice once it’s all over and you have baby to look back on! Also, would be super cute for you to keep it for them (more so if it’s a girl) and share with her if she ever wants to have babies 🥰

@Peachycream I’ve had symptoms for a few weeks already tbh. A lot of nausea and cramping. I properly convinced myself I was pregnant at 6DPO because I was getting these weird waves of nausea which were really not normal for me, and cramping on and off every day. I took a test at 12DPO which was negative, came to terms with it being negative, then at 15DPO I got up and something in my head told me I should test again! That was when I freaked out in the old thread and started sharing pictures of the faint BFP sticks haha!

I’m still getting some cramping and have been sick a few times. It seems unusual this early in pregnancy but maybe I just have a particularly weak stomach?

@glasspaw maybe you just react strongly to changes in your hormones or something?

Some people don’t get any symptoms through pregnancy at all and some people seem to get it all from what I hear 😂

Awh bless ya I’m so pleased for you! I’m so glad you got the BFP hun.

I am currently awaiting 🧙 after several negatives, I feel like she could show today at some point.

@glasspaw a bullet journal sounds so lovely! I think I would do the same, it’s nice to pick up a pen and paper. Also to read back on like @Peachycream said when the babe is here.

So.. my thermometer arrived today. How exciting 😂 genuinely excited!

@glasspaw I absolutely love the idea of a bullet journal to track, sounds really lovely. I think nausea almost straight away can be pretty normal although I don’t really know anything about early pregnancy if I’m honest 😂😂

@HRP1990 yayyyy thermometer!! It’s so satisfying logging your temps and seeing the graph 😂😂 I’ve attached mine so far, I’d recommend the fertility friend app although I actually log my temps in three apps

Thanks for attaching your graph @SkeletonSkins! I’ve been reading lots about it all this morning, I’ll have to download FF and get charting!

So from looking at yours, If your temperature goes up tomorrow, then today would be ovulation? (The day before the rise?) I feel like I’ve just sat a test and you’ll tell me if I’ve passed or not haha

Yeah absolutely so if my graph shoots up tomorrow and then stays up, I’ve ovulated. It’ll prob go up a little bit tomorrow but not shoot up as I don’t think I’m due to ovulate yet, and a bit of fluctuation up wnd down is normal. Because I have pcos though sometimes it shoots up and then falls back down again instantly, where my body has tried to ovulate but failed. The temp needs to stay high to confirm ovulation if that makes sense.

@SkeletonSkins That makes sense! I think I’m going to do it with OPK’s too, as it’s so clear to see when you’ve ovulated using both. I feel like OPKS tell you you’re going to ovulate, and BBT confirm it.

If I were just using BBT on it’s own I wouldn’t know I've ovulated until it’s over?

God it’s like being back in school!

This is mine this month if you need another quiz question :)

My clear blue was saying high a couple of days before and peak on the 12th and 13th! So definitely think combination of methods work to confirm!

It just goes to show all of these methods do work (obviously they do work but it’s good to see it for real) @KayL1988 so your LH surge was 13th and you ovulated 14th as your temp stayed up?

Nailed it 💁🏻‍♀️

Hi lovelies, hope you don't me joining! I had a short break from checking MN everyday/joining threads but I'm ready to rejoin for my own sanity!! I'm almost 29, TTC #1 and I'm nearly at the end of cycle #6. Currently 6DPO with AF due a week tomorrow!

@Peachycream

Hey *@80sPadme* Oh no, I’m sorry you have so much pressure on this. Can you freeze some eggs before your surgery just incase you want them later? Xx

Hi @Peachycream Probably wouldn't freeze eggs and if it gets to that point then we both accept that it won't happen but celebrate the fact we do have children that are incredible even if not together. I can't wait to see everyone's updates on the thread.

Wow I really want to buy a thermometer now after seeing your graph @KayL1988 with not one but TWO lines to track. One single OPK line doesn't seem enough now 😂 I need more lines to obsess over! 📈📉

Any thermometer recommendations ladies?

@Sparklingwine1 - I’m using Premom and easy@home OPKS so I bought this one

www.amazon.co.uk/Easy-Home-Thermometer-Backlit-Tracker/dp/B08399PZV2?ref_=ast_sto_dp&tag=mumsnetforu03-21

I like that it’s Bluetooth connected so I can take temp when I first wake up , then pop it my my phone and go back to sleep and it’ll upload it to Premom without me inputting ☺️ They also do non Bluetooth ones that are cheaper.

Got my peak today so I’m fascinated to see if my temp rises over the next few days 🤞

Welcome @Bee44 a few of us are due at the end of next week so we can all obsess about the TWW together!

Agree with @PurpleCat88 about the Bluetooth thermometer but if you don't get that make sure your manual as a backlight because no one needs to be switching lights on in the morning!!

Haha @Sparklingwine1 I know right!! I love having two lines to obsess over too. Quite nice because my CB monitor stops me using the sticks after peak .. so I stopped using the cheap strips too.... but my graph still has temps in! Feel like it's stopping me wasting Ovulation tests 😂

Welcome @Bee44 👋 how are you finding the TTC journey so far?

@Sparklingwine1 haha literally another line for us to obsess over 😂

@PurpleCat88 I bought the cheaper easy@home one with the backlight like @KayL1988 said, no need to put the light on! I only got mine today but I’m so excited to use it tomorrow morning 😬

@HRP1990 If I'm honest, it's been very up and down! I expected to conceive within the first 3 months (ridiculous I know!) but family and friends have all conceived either first month or first 3 months so that's kinda what I expected. I started using OPKs cycle #3, by cycle #4 I stopped symptom spotting and early testing (which is great, I was getting so obsessed with that!). This is the first month where I've felt less stressed, I've had big work commitments for the past year which have completed now so I'm hoping that being more relaxed will help! We haven't told anyone that we are TTC so it's so lovely to chat to other ladies 💕

@Bee44 All of my friends conceived quite young and all by accident so I totally get that. Before I knew what I know now I assumed it would take 1 go 😂 I’m joking but I thought that chances were higher than they are!

It’s so hard not to compare but they say it’s like 80 something percent to conceive in the first year so you’ve got a while yet!

Hopefully this month is your month with less stress at work and taking a more relaxed approach ❤️

It is so lovely to have ladies to chat about it with! Agree though @Bee44 I think everyone thinks it's going to be super quick, but in reality it's completely normal for it to talk a while.

It's also interesting because when my friends say they are pregnant .. I'm normally super excited and ask when they are due etc. But I don't think I've ever asked how long it took (I guess at the point people start talking about it.. it's a few months after they've had to go through to TTC anyway). So I guess I always just assume everyone gets pregnant super easy!

Welcome @Bee44 I am around 5/6 DPO too and AF due by 24th (29-32 day cycles) so similar timing to you :) how are you feeling? I am trying to keep myself busy not symptom spotting haha!

Welcome @Bee44, this is a great thread and so friendly! Fingers crossed for you for next week!

I think the good thing with bbt is that it’s technically possible to get a positive opk but then not manage to ovulate, but bbt confirms if you do. Yeah @HRP1990 so you can’t really predict from bbt other than like monthly patterns, although some people get a pre ovulation dip in temp which is a sign. It’s helped me spot patterns between EWCM and ovulating too so that’s been helpful.

@Bee44 I know this is how I’m going to be. Even though in my brain I know it’s very very likely I won’t conceive for a few cycles, I know I’ll still be slightly outraged when I don’t, because in my head part of it expects it to happen straight away, especially as I’m trying hard to do everything right! That first AF after cycle one is going to be a reality check!!

Morning all!! One more day of work and it's the WEEKENDDDD!!!

My friend is coming to visit this weekend with her boyfriend and baby. Very excited to see them all and meet her new little bundle of joy. What's everyone else's plans?

Also I'm 4DPO today obviously too early to sense anything but I just don't feel like this month is our month. Anyone else just swing between being optimistic and just not expecting anything? I blame the hormones!

Morning @KayL1988 👋
I feel this week has gone so quick!? Probably because all the nice weather we had at the start!
Aw that sounds lovely! I’m going to get some stuff done around the house - we’re renovating at the moment.

I was thinking last month, that this month I’m not going to be optimistic because I’d rather expect a BNF and then get a BFP. Rather than think it’s my month and be disappointed? That’s how I felt last month anyway!

Morning ladies 👋 Got my peak OPK yesterday so today is ovulation day for me.

Who’s next to test? Are we going to get any BFPs for Father’s Day?